CHE 5018D - Process Control and Simulation

Simulation and control of chemical processes. Feedback control using root loci and Bode diagrams covered.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 recitation
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to define fundamental process control terms.
Students will be able to explain the operation of a regulatory control system in feedback, feed forward, cascade, or ratio control configuration using both block diagrams and general process and instrumentation diagrams.
Students will be able to identify and describe measurement devices and final control elements commonly used the chemical process industries and some of their advantages and drawbacks in use.
Students will be able to interpret detailed piping and instrumentation diagrams.
Students will be able to design and optimize a control system for common chemical process units, including identifying and evaluating candidate controlled and manipulated variables, instrumentation, and strategies.
Students will be able to describe steady state and dynamic characteristics of typical chemical processes and controllers, and how they influence control system design and tuning.
Students will be able to use dynamic process measurements to justify choices of process control mode and decisions in controller tuning.
Students will be able to justify choices in process control system design based on considerations of controllability, safety, or environmental protection.